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August 7, 2009

Gates Foundation headquarters takes shape

By JOURNAL STAFF

Photo by Sky-Pix [enlarge]

Sellen Construction crews are busy installing structural steel for the future Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters at 500 Fifth Ave. N., by the Seattle Center. The $500 million first phase includes two six-story office buildings totaling 900,000 square feet.

Structural steel is being erected on the fourth and fifth levels of Building A while crews are shoring the slab on level one of Building B.

The buildings were designed by NBBJ with sweeping, outward-reaching curves. They are expected to be LEED gold when employees begin moving in during the spring of 2011. Parking will be provided below the buildings.

The project team includes landscape architect Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, project developer Senaca Group, and engineers KPFF and Arup.




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